Several of our age 90+ something members of our church have died this past year or so, basically since the lockups with Covid 19 went into effect.
Some were still living by themselves, coming to church, meeting people for lunch and shopping by themselves.
The pandemic stopped their church attendance, shopping and meeting people for lunch. One active 91 year old man was locked up in his expensive senior citizen apartment/complex and apparently just gave up due to loneliness and boredom.
The rest of the 90+, who died this year, were basically active to the last day, and seemed to be doing okay and just died of natural causes.
Fortunately, for them, death was quick, and they didn’t have a long suffering time before dying. Their deaths were labeled as dying from natural causes.
There is a fairly good sized herd of members/us in our mid to late 80’s. We are fairly active, and most of us have been basically healthy during the past year. Many of us are married, and our spouses are still alive and active.
I think that we are down to 2 ninety year plus individuals. One still drives and can’t wait to get back to church. More on her below.
The other lady has basically outlived her family and basically has no relatives to drive her to church. She loves our new “Live and recorded church services” and her retirement/rest home with good people working there. They are her new family.
The other 90+ lady has been in the big PPO study group for those who have lived past a certain age with a good health profile for their age. I was contacted by them for this group study and joined. They have my DNA and health profile.
Sound like the "Howard Families" of Robert Heinlein's novels with Lazarus Long.................